Pod Peco (Koželj) / Koprein-Petzen (Koschiel) - Govca (Olševa) (via Zadnji travnik)

Access to the starting point:
a) Via the Jezerski vrh or Pavličev vrh border crossing, drive to Belo / Bad Vellach and from there continue to Železna Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel. At the beginning of Železna Kapla, you will see signs for Leppen, which point you to the right. Continue along a slightly narrower asphalted road, which initially runs along the valley floor and then starts to climb steeply at the hamlet of Koprivna / Koprein - Sonnseite. Further on, we reach the hamlet Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen, and a few 100 metres after the homestead Koželj / Koschiel, we reach a marked crossroads, where the marked path to Bela / Vellach branches off to the right. Park in a suitable place at the crossroads.
b) From Dravograd or Slovenj Gradec, drive to Ravne na Koroškem, then continue in the direction of Border crossing Holmec. When entering Austria, first drive towards Pliberk / Bleiburg, then follow the signs for Globasnica / Globasnitz. After about 13 km from Border crossing Holmec, you will arrive in Globasnitz, from where you continue driving to the left towards the upper part of the town. From Globasnica, follow the narrower and ascending road towards the hamlet of Pod Peco / Koprein - Petzen. Continue along the Globasnica ravine for some time, then the road leads to an undistinguished pass (Luža saddle / Luschasattel), where you come to a small crossroads. Continue slightly to the right (left mountain pasture Luža) and pass the Church of All Faiths to reach the Riepel guesthouse, after which the road starts to descend steeply. Lower down, when we reach the Muschenigbach stream, we see signs for Belo / Vellach on the left, and we park at a suitable place at the crossroads by the sign.

Path description:
From the starting point, continue in the direction of Bela / Vellach and walk along the ascending dirt road, which is closed to public traffic by a traffic sign and a ramp. After a few longer serpentines, climb up to a saddle to the east of the summit of Gorelca / Gorelza, where there is a signpost (cross). There are a few small junctions where you follow the signs, and then after the next ramp you descend to a wider road, which you follow up to the left.
The road continues above the farm Zgornji Mozgan / Obermosgan, and then continues past another ramp. Here we get a nice view of the Austrian part of Karawanks in particular, and we continue along the marked road. Higher up, the road leads us past several hunting observation posts, and then, after a slightly longer traverse to the right, it leads to another road, which we follow up to the left. At this point, the view opens up again, and we leave the road and follow the marked path across the road. A little higher, just above the nearby crossroads, cross the road once more and then climb up to the border ridge, where you reach cart track, which arrives from the Slovenian side. Walk a few steps along cart track and then continue slightly right on the marked path, which continues along a slightly overgrown ridge. Here again a fine view opens up, and then the ridge becomes more overgrown. A little further on, the marked path on the ridge retreats slightly to the right, bypassing the very top of Snežnik (you can climb to the top in a few 10 steps). After a few more minutes of crossing, you reach another forest road, which you follow westwards. The road leads along the ridge for a short distance, then gradually moves to the northern slopes of Špičastý vrh. At this point, you will notice a marking on the left, which directs you off the road to the left, onto an initially overgrown path, which will take you up to the wooded Špičasti vrh in 10 steps.
At Špičasti vrh, the path turns slightly to the left and starts to descend more steeply along the ridge where the provincial border between Carinthia and Styria used to be, as the old border stones remind us. A little lower down, the path becomes quite overgrown, and then descends quickly to a forest road, which is reached at a saddle with a large metal cross and, a little further on, a bilingual inscription on a metal plate attached to a larger rock. From the saddle, where you will also see a notice that you are in a brown bear area, continue straight ahead, initially on a marked trail that continues along the road. When the marked path turns slightly to the right off the road, we continue along the road, which is no longer marked. Follow the road, which gradually begins to descend more steeply, to its end, and from there turn slightly right to the state border. Continue descending along the state border, then on the right you will see the less well marked, partly overgrown cart track, which leads down to the marked path leading from Mountain hut on farm Kumer towards Olševa.
Follow this path to the right, and you will quickly reach a parking area on the Last Meadow.
From the unmaintained parking lot, turn left towards Olševa along the path cart track, which goes into the forest after a few metres. Walk along cart track for about 3 minutes, and then the signs will direct you slightly to the left onto a well-trodden footpath marked with arrows. A little higher up, the markings reappear and the path returns to cart track. The ascent continues on the gradually steeper cart track, which becomes slightly steeper and turns right. From the point where cart track turns to the right, walk along it for only a few more 10 metres, and then the markings will direct you to the left onto another steeper footpath, which will quickly lead you to the Foršnerca hunting bivouac.
From the hunting bivouac, continue straight ahead and then, after a few metres, turn left up the bank. The path starts to climb steeply through a partly larch forest, which thins out higher up. After a few minutes' ascent, the path becomes more gentle and leads to a small cirque. A few minutes of moderate climbing follows, and then the path becomes slightly steeper again, but this leads us over the increasingly scenic slopes of Olševa. Higher up, the path turns left and crosses a small ravine, which leads over rubble to the ridge of Olševa.
The ridge is reached at a marked crossroads, where you continue to the right in the direction of Govca, the highest peak of the ridge (to the left, the Spodnje Sleme and Raduha preval). The path continues along the left, mostly southern side of the ridge, where it crosses some steeper and in two places also exposed slopes (especially in wet and snow, a risk of slipping). Further on, the slope becomes slightly flatter and the path climbs a little steeper towards the ridge (on the left, the Spodnje Sleme and Raduha preval). With beautiful views of the mountains above the Logarska dolina valley, you quickly reach a kind of side ridge, which takes you up to the main ridge of Olševa in a few minutes. Here the path turns to the left and after some 10 steps of further walking leads us to Govca. Starting point - Snežnik 2:10, Snežnik - Špičasti vrh 20 minutes, Špičasti vrh - Zadnji travnik 30 minutes, Zadnji travnik - Govca 1:45.

On the way: Snežnik (1543m), Špičasti vrh / Spitzberg (1551m)

We can extend the trip to the following destinations: Obel kamen (Olševa)

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